Re: [MacPerl] save/restore hash

[Detlef Lindenthal]

I did such a thing simply by writing a lot of lines describing a broad 
branched hash into a text file:
   $myHash{mySubHash1Key1}{mySubHash2Key1}[myColumn1]{key1} = 'This is 
my first value that I want to store';
   $myHash{mySubHash1Key1}{mySubHash2Key1}[myColumn1]{key2} = 'This is 
my second value that I want to store';
   ...

and for restoring just call this file from your script. Apparently about 
200 of these lines load "in no time".

HTH?
Detlef Lindenthal

Louis Pouzin wrote:
Hi,
I have a data base of IP/domain names that I maintain as plain text files. The size is 
only a few hundred K octets.
I use a hash (of of hashes) for various searches. Building the whole hash takes a few 
seconds.
As the ratio of updates/searches is in the order of 1/15, I'd like to restore the 
whole hash from a file, in view of shortening response time when doing searches.
Is there some routine/package such as "save/restore %H,FileHandle" ?
Thanks